#97ACEE#97ACEE

#97ACEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.098 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97ACEE
RGB	rgb(151, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 8.47, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 36.34, 283.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0006 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.098 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9431, 42.2556, 86.7658)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97ACEE #EED997

analogous

#97D8EE #97ACEE #AE97EE

triadic

#97ACEE #EE97AC #ACEE97

tetradic

#97ACEE #EE97D8 #EED997 #97EEAE

square

#97ACEE #EE97D8 #EED997 #97EEAE

split-complementary

#97ACEE #EEAE97 #D8EE97

monochromatic

#2E58DD #6282E5 #97ACEE #CCD6F7 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#97ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#97ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97ACEE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97ACEE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.098 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c4f3',
    500: '#97acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97acee;
$custom-light: #b8c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75335,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97ACEE

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A512D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #97ACEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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